Rival Megagun is a competent shmup that throws in a competitive angle to test your skills directly against one another.
Dragonward, Slipstream, RYM 9000, Rival Megagun, and Wonder Wickets are well worth the time of any gamer.
TSA writes: "For as long as shoot ’em up games have maintained their corner in the video game industry, they’ve almost always been solo affairs. From Space Invaders to Ikaruga and everything between, you rarely have additional players involved in the bullet mayhem. Many of these games experiment with hectic co-operative modes, sure, but it’s slim pickings if you want a bullet hell game where you actually fight another player. NEOGEO classic Twinkle Star Sprites is perhaps the one shining example of competitive, fighting game-esque shoot ’em up. Now, over 20 years later, Rival Megagun has arrived to rekindle that torch of competitive shooter excellence."
Paul writes: "Bullet hell shoot 'em ups, eh! When you've seen one, you've seen 'em all. In an attempt to shake up the genre, Spacewave Software and Degica Games have added a new twist to the familiar vertically scrolling gameplay. What if, instead of just dealing with the waves of enemies, there was a PvP element introduced? What if the screen was split vertically, and in addition to firing straight up, you could aim attacks at your rival on the other side of the screen? Welcome to the world of Rival Megagun, where these features are front and centre as you try to survive an alien invasion."
